Philokles the Captain

Philokles the Captain (died 431 BC) was a Spartan naval captain during the Peloponnesian War. In 431 BC, while hunting down pirates in the Malian Gulf off Thermopylae, Philokles attacked the mercenary Kassandra, who was plundering pirate ships. In the ensuing battle, Kassandra slew Philokles and plundered his ship.